Report to the Community

April 9th, 2014

District Enrollment - Past & Future

Passing a levy in 2005 didn’t mean the School District was immune to making tough choices…

• Cooper Elementary was closed• Walking distances for students have

increased.• Tilden was closed and repurposed.• Our transportation system was

restructured to save money.• Positions have been eliminated through

reductions and retirements whenever possible.

• All Employee Bargaining Groups have taken pay freezes or soft freezes over the past decade.

• Our elementary boundaries have been redrawn twice over the past 10 years to remain efficient.

• 5th grade students were transitioned to the Middle School as a cost savings measure.

• The School Board approved $800,000 in cuts for the 2013-14 school year.

Where do we go from here?

Enrollment Projections Current Structure

Declining Enrollment – we are not alone.

Hastings Public Schools Hastings Area Private Schools(Includes SEAS, St. John’s, St. Mathias)

2003 20134300

4400

4500

4600

4700

4800

4900

5000

5100

52005093

4586

Students

-10%

2003 20130

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

578

456

Students

Enrollment LossesPast 10 Years

-22%

Declining Student Enrollment What does it mean?

The loss of 100 students equals an approximate loss of -$8,000 for each student or a total of -$800,000 to the School District in just one year.

Even if you could reduce your teaching staff by 4 to try and offset the loss of students, how do you offset the rest of the -$552,000.

$800,000 – Loss of 100 Students$248,000 – Reduction of 4

teachers @ $62,000 each$552,000 Net Loss

Budget

Special Services FTE or Position(s) Description0.0631 Assessment Time - District Wide0.2 Speech and Language - JFK0.4 SLD at McAuliffe0.6 Eliminate ECSE Coordinator Position1.0 Eliminate Vacant Secondary Special Ed Coordinator High School 4 Eliminate 4 PSA positions (Pinecrest, McAuliffe and 2 at HMS)$82,000 Increase revenue from student enrollment in STAARS program

Elementary FTE or Position(s) Description3.0 Eliminate Library Media Certified Staff3 Eliminate 3 Library Media Secretarial Staff

Hastings Middle School FTE or Position(s) Description2.0 Math positions/overloads1.2 Science0.234 Social Studies/Language Arts0.8 Music1.033 Art1.166 FACS1.434 Human Performance (PE)1.167 Industrial Tech0.8 Spanish0.2 French

Hastings High School FTE or Position(s) Description0.2 Spanish0.333 FACS1.166 Science0.667 English0.3 French0.667 Math0.533 Social Studies/Business0.2 Art0.4 Industrial Tech0.566 Human Performance (PE)$59,456 Athletic positions, HHS supplies and ALC Revenue Enhancement

Teaching and Learning FTE or Position(s) Description$89,536 Reduction of workbooks, testing, staff development and stipends.

Proposed Reductions